Coca-Cola News & Media

Coca-Cola discontinues frozen juice can product category

February 6, 2026

No more frozen juice for you or anyone else.

EV charging provider NovaCharge taps Briggo’s Kevin Nater as CRO

November 20, 2023

Kevin Nater (Photo: NovaCharge) NovaCharge, a provider of EV charging hardware and software solutions, has named Kevin Nater as customer relations…

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Sprite machine reacts to what irks Gen Z

July 14, 2023

Coca-Cola Europe has introduced a vending machine that is able to recognize what bothers Gen Z consumers based on real-time input from social media, news…

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Convenience retail innovation mesmerizes attendees at Georgia World Congress Center

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The trade show offered a wealth of innovation such as checkout-free markets, smart glassfront merchandisers, AI enabled biometric identification and age…

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ICXA announces 2023 Elevate Awards

by Alicia Lavay — Executive Director, ICX Association

Alicia Lavay is Executive Director at the ICX Association. Image provided. "Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little…

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Checkout-free market brings convenience, incremental sales to Dave & Buster’s

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Dave & Buster's in Hollywood, Florida teamed with The Coca-Cola Co. and Zippin to deploy a 'store within a store' and allow guests to buy food and beverages…

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UK announces deposit scheme for recycling beverage containers

January 23, 2023

The United Kingdom government has announced a plan to require consumers to make cash deposits on single-use beverage containers and return them at reverse…

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How to use category management in micro markets and vending

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Advances in category management software provide the tools to allow operators to have the most profitable product mix for both micro markets and vending…

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Pennsylvania college introduces recycling reverse vending machine

September 2, 2022

Students and staff at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania can now recycle beverage containers with the introduction of a reverse vending machine in the…

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Vendekin Technologies seeks to automate retail globally

August 1, 2022

Vendekin Technologies, a Pune, India based provider of vending technology launched by entrepreneur Aroon Khatter in 2018, has set its sights on enabling…

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Dave & Busters teams with Coca Cola on micro market inside full service restaurant

July 7, 2022

Dave & Buster's has teamed up with The Coca-Cola Co. to deliver a checkout-free experience called Game & Go, an entirely frictionless market checkout…

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ICXA honors 2022 Elevate Award winners at annual Summit

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

ICXA honors 10 Elevate Award winners at the 2022 Interactive Customer Experience Summit in Columbus, Ohio.

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Coca-Cola Freestyle 8100 improves variety and speed for drive-thrus

May 17, 2022

Coca-Cola has launched its Freestyle 8100, a back-of-house dispenser developed specifically for the crew-serve occasion, according to a press release. The…

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Coca-Cola teams with Sandstar on 'smart' retail lounge

February 14, 2022

Coca-Cola has partnered with Sandstar, a vending technology provider, to launch the Coca-Cola Smart Lounge, a digital, interactive shopping experience that…

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Self-Service Innovation Virtual Summit honors inaugural Innovation Awards winners

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The winners of the first Self-Service Virtual Innovation Awards were announced yesterday during the Self-Service Innovation Virtual Summit.

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Coca-Cola introduces smartphone ordering from Freestyle beverage machines

August 7, 2020

Coca-Cola Freestyle is rolling out its latest technology innovation: contactless self-serve pouring from a smartphone in response to the coronavirus pandemic…

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Coca-Cola rolls out contactless Freestyle beverage dispenser

July 13, 2020

The Coca-Cola Co. is rolling out contactless, triggered via smartphone, for its Freestyle self-service dispenser used in restaurants, as the coronavirus…

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Coca-Cola, Omnivore launch platform to 'minimize friction between restaurants, third-party technologies'

May 22, 2019

Over the past few years, digital restaurant technology has exploded. Online ordering, reservations, third-party delivery, loyalty programs and kiosks are…

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AI improves product selection, boosts revenue, efficiency for vending machines

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

A panel of vending operators described how AI allowed them to improve sales on an individual machine basis and boost operational efficiency.

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